About Anne Dowling
A qualified general, paediatric and psychiatric nurse and has significant previous experience at management level in the public sector.
Anne Dowling
Anne is a qualified general, paediatric and psychitaric nurse and has significant previous experience at management level in the public sector
Chartered to the Institute of Occupational Health and Safety (CMIOSH).
She has over 35 years’ experience in healthcare and has been in Occupational Health and Safety Practice since 1999.
Anne holds a Degree Level Qualification in Safety, Health and Welfare at work from University College Cork, and a Diploma in Counselling Skills (NUI).
Anne is also a Certified First Medical Responder in addition to the relevant qualifications, experience and skills required in providing a service of excellence to support the provision of Occupational Health, Safety and Training to the workplace.
Anne has completed Legal Studies (NUI) to support her Practice and is also Affiliated to the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants (AALNC) this supports the Legal Elements of her practice.
Anne is a part time lecturer in Emergency Medical Planning at University College Cork (NUI) on the Safety Health and Welfare at Work programmes.
Workplace
Within her remit in the workplace Anne practices as a nurse advisor / Case Manager in Occupational Health to the private sector across a diverse range of industries. Within this role she inadvertantly became a Occupational Health Nurse and Risk Management Expert to the legal process, both for Plaintiff and Defence briefs.
Legal
Anne carries out extensive work in reviewing medical documentation in personal injury and medical negligence cases. She also provides case management services and to evaluate medical records for the coroners courts.
Insurance
Anne is a recognised associate to the insurance industry in both Occupational Health and Safety. She is often commissioned to case manage, adjudicate or mediate in regard to complex workplace injuries or to examine medical files forensically for transparency or fraud in personal injuries cases.
Academic
Anne has developed a training programme for a corporation of Nursing Homes and Private Hospitals for the legal pitfalls in medical documentation and compliance for nurses inline with the Health Information & Quality Authority (HIQA) and Joint Commission International (JCI) standards.
About Us
We are a nurse led service and our expert team of Occupational Health Professionals have direct access to medical and ancillary services. We have a database of identified Healtcare Facilities and Medical Professionals and can fast track early intervention of injury and illness management.
We are known for having very strong Case Management strategies that deliver results. Case Management is our core area of expertise and we are also well recognised for fully closing out cases for our clients, which in turn, reduces costs, insurance premiums and claims.
We are committed to ongoing training and professional development – competencies are continually in date.
Full end-to-end service provided with cost effectiveness and the client has a direct link to one point of contact in AMA Healthcare. Our professional relationship with doctors, specialists and ancillary services means a more structured and fluid process for the client.
Our Rapid Response service reduces costs, lost time and in doing so reduces litigation claims. This saves company money by reducing loss of productivity due to injury and sickness absence.
AMA Healthcare provides accountability and traceability to all of our Healthcare activates, which can hold credibility to courtroom challenge within the legal process and/or Tribunal settings.
Our staff are accredited to the relevant professional bodies and associations.
Client Insurers welcome the AMA core strategy in case management and often times engage our services in achieving resolution for client, in conjunction with the insurer’s legal team.
AMA Healthcare carries full medical professional indemnity, public & employee liability insurance for all its activities.
Activities are carried out in adherence to Medical Guidelines and strict Codes of Practice.
The History of Nursing
AMA Healthcare is Nurse led and inspired by the inspiration of their role model, Florence Nightingale who essentially worked in the trenches in the 1800’s
Florence Nightingale was an English social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing training and theory. She significantly reduced death rates during the Crimean War by improving hygiene and living standards.